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Rhinochimaera pacifica (Mitsukuri, 1895)

Pacific spookfish
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Common names: Narrownose chimaera, Pacific longnosed chimaera, Pacific spookfish
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs off southern Australia, from the North West Cape in Western Australia to Broken Bay in New South Wales (including South Tasman Rise, Tasmania, and the Norfolk Ridge). Also Ref. 7300, 26346.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.csiro.au/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Last, P.R. and J.D. Stevens, 1994
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Deep-sea chimaera, Tengu-ginzame, Vaikse ookeani nokistont, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Holocephali (chimaeras) > Chimaeriformes (Chimaeras) > Rhinochimaeridae (Longnose chimaeras)
Etymology: Rhinochimaera: A chimaera with rhinos (Gr.), nose, referring to long, pointed proboscis of R. pacifica. (See ETYFish);  pacifica: ana- (L.), belonging to: Pacific Ocean, described as a Pacific congener of Harriotta raleighana. (See ETYFish).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 330 - 1490 m (Ref. 26346).   Deep-water; 46°N - 50°S

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